* The new space separates out initial generation
& grinding work from polishing.

* The new space allows vertical testing
over the machines, which has both time and mechanical advantages.
Not to mention a substantial reduction in risk to the engineered,
lightweight mirrors.

* The new space grows polishing and it's
required testing by a full magnitude.

* It is the most insulated space within
Dream's three story building. Even interior walls are insulated.

* We will continue fitting out the room
with equipment as we also work with new non-contact sensors that
have 20nm resolution, which will be used for numerous pieces
of equipment.

* Generation & grinding is now double
it's original space.

We are currently working on mirrors ranging from f5.5 to f1.376,
with a series of f0.5 concave mirrors that will be cast soon.
These mirrors are for everything from Newtonians to Dall-Kirkhams
to Classical Cassegrains to Ritchey-Chretiens. Dream can provide
full engineering for everything from the lightweight mirror to
the carbon fiber mirror support and beyond. We work on applications
ranging from tracking telescopes & optics to Adaptive Optics
(AO) systems for multi-meter telescopes.

June 2014:Dream Telescopes
has nearly completed the upgrade of its largest oven.

* Increasing air flow with a new, 700 pound
3-phase blower.

* Increasing heat capacity with all new,
3-phase heating elements that are 330% more powerful than the
originals.

* The upgraded oven will ramp faster and
be able to achieve much higher temperatures than before.

These upgrades are
needed because of Dream's continued growth and new capabilities
to supply meter-class telescopes.

Early June 2014: Work is complete. 480 volt, 3-phase power is up and
running at Dream's new building.

Three transformers had to be added to the local service in order
to provide Dream with the power it requires for new equipment,
upgrading the large composite oven and future equipment (growth)
at Dream.

Dream is capable of everything
from creating the initial optical design to FEA of the lightweight
mirror blanks and dedicated carbon fiber mirror supports to providing
it's customers with completely finished opto-mechanical instruments.

May 2014

The new, 3-phase, large casting & annealing
furnace arrives.

The interior dimensions of the
new furnace are 1.4 meters in diameter by 0.9 meters in height.

Dream will be producing a 0.85
meter physical diameter mirror for a customer's custom telescope.

September - November 2013:
Dream Cellular casts & anneals three
~24" mirrors within three month's time.The new building is already benefiting both
Dream companies. This highlights the reason Dream Cellular was
formed in 2008; to take the place of vendors that could not deliver
this type of product.

Dream is currently doing generation
work on these three mirrors, as well as various round and elliptical
M2's.

November 2013:
Dream Cellular, LLC successfully casts f2.5 M1 and f2.78 M2 for
Dream Telescopes' 24" telescope for NASA project. This telescope will receive lasercom from LADEE, a spacecraft that just last month started orbiting the Moon.
A basic overview can be found here. Additional information and a video can be
found here.

Dream is proud to be involved
with this and other projects at the leading-edge of technology.

The telescope will be installed
in 2014.

displays 16" Dream Cellular mirror
at Optifab in Rochester, NY the week
of October 14th, 2013.

Final figuring of this mirror
will be performed by QED Optics using their patented MRF
technology.

2013: Dream Cellular
& Dream Telescopes move into a new
facility. This
3-story shop is three times larger than the previous building.
It provides both Dream companies with much needed utilities and
space, with plenty of room to grow.

The space and additional features
that the new facility offers are needed as Dream continues to
become more vertically integrated, relying less on outside vendors.

2013: Over the
past two years Dream has brought all
generation work in-house for Dream
Cellular mirror blanks. Generation
work includes; plano-grinding the back of the mirrors (as well
as the face for plano mirrors), edging, beveling and grinding
of convex and concave optical faces. Dream has designed and built
machines that are processing the mirrors using loose abrasives,
diamond-based tooling and computer grinding & polishing machines.

Dream is currently working on
setting up vertical testing that will occur over it's polishing/figuring
machines. In late November of 2013 4D
Technologies will be visiting Dream
to demonstrate one of their dynamic interferometers that is specifically
designed to show mid-spatial frequency errors. This demonstration
will show how it performs in Dream's facility and on multiple
Dream Cellular mirrors.

2013:
Dream is currently polishing a custom 16" f3 Dream Cellular mirror that will fly aboard a Gulfstream V jet. The
completely bubble-free mirror is 16.5" physical OD, 2.5"
tall and weighs 9.8 pounds. The mirror is a double-conical design
with back flanges. It's areal density is 6 times lower than Hubble's
lightweight M1.

Press Release
- May 12th, 2010: CTE
of Dream Cellular blanks is independantly tested. The average CTE of Dream's lightweight
mirrors is 2.6-2.7x10-6/K. Pyrex and Borofloat 33 have a CTE
that is 22.6% higher.

...."I
have been pleased with the quality of Dream Cellular's cast cellular
mirror blanks. In my experience they deliver quality castings
with low strain,
and I have been pleasantly surprised by their prompt deliveries.

....The
incredibly fast cool-down time of cast cellular optical substrates
provides a performance advantage.As an engineer I appreciate the
time Dream takes to analyze the mechanical design of these glass
structures. Support points are designed into the structure, thereby
removing guesswork from the design of the mirror support. This
is how it should be done.

....Having
worked a good number of cast cellular blanks, I can say that
Dream's carefully designed blanks can be polished and figured
to the same precision as monolithic blanks. In my mind, the "dreaded"
print-through is a non-issue for a skilled optician."

Press Release

January 2010 -
A Dream Cellular 28.5" engineered cellular mirror
blank was generated. The mirror blank was designed for central
rim support of lateral forces, with axial forces supported at
designated insert point locations. Images of the blank being
machined can be seen here.

Press Release

Nazareth, PA, November
18th, 2009 - Dream Cellular, LLC., is proud to be recognized
by the editors of Sky & Telescope Magazine as a Hot Product
for 2010 for our technology and achievements .

Press ReleaseNazareth, PA, September
25th, 2009 - Dream Cellular, LLC., a manufacturer of lightweight
engineered cellular mirror blanks, is proud to announce the successful
casting of a ~16" engineered cellular mirror
blank at our facility. This perforated, f2.9 mirror blank is
a modified design that meets this and other customer's requirements
for Cassegrain optical sets. A 5"
cellular secondary mirror blank was also produced for the specific
client. The optical sets ROC's and other features were modified,
then the blanks were cast and annealed in less than three weeks
from the time the customer placed their order. If this 16"
engineered cellular blank is compared to a typical, monolithic
optic made of Zerodur, our mirror blank has a Thermal Time Constant
(TTC) that is 122 times faster.

Dream's blanks have
the same face thickness across the entire blank, matching the
customer's ROC requirements and making the designs structurally
and thermally more efficient. We do not suffer the difficulties
associated with pocket milling, where the bottom of the pockets
is typically stepped, not smoothly matching the ROC of the optical
face.

Press ReleaseNazareth, PA, September
18th, 2009 - Dream Cellular, LLC., a manufacturer of lightweight
engineered cellular mirror blanks, is proud to announce the successful
casting of a ~29" engineered cellular mirror
blank at our facility. This blank is a new design that meets
this a specific customer's needs but other customer's specific
requirements. It can be used either with a face at the center
or perforated. It was engineered specifically for central support
of lateral forces. Axial forces are loaded in a fairly conventional
18-point arrangement. The first 0.7m-size
blank Dream produced earlier this year and debuted at NEAF was
designed for outer rim lateral support. The two blanks are completely
different from each other because of these numerous differences.
The Thermal Time Constant (TTC) of this ~29"
engineered optic is roughly 39 times faster than a thin (1-7/8"
thick) monolithic optic. When this optic is compared to a 6:1
thickness ratio (full thickness) monolithic mirror, the TTC of
Dream Cellular's optic is 251 times faster.

Press ReleaseNazareth, PA, July
30, 2009 - Dream Cellular, LLC., a manufacturer of lightweight
engineered cellular mirror blanks, is proud to announce the addition
of a 9"x12.75" (1.8" deep) elliptical secondary
substrate to its standard line of engineered cellular mirror
blanks. Designed and produced in less than six weeks, this 9" minor axis ellipse incorporates
multiple iterations of FEA analysis for engineered design features
that make this blank 1/3rd the mass of a monolithic of the same
dimensions and a little over twice as stiff. Targeted for a 28"
astrograph whose 28.5" cellular primary will also be cast
by Dream Cellular within the next 30 days, this elliptical secondary
is being incorporated into Dream Cellular's standard product
line and should be deliverable to customers with very short lead
times. At this time one unit is currently in stock. In addition
to this new product, Dream Cellular also produces a line of other
cast cellular primary and secondary mirror blanks that have extensive
engineering behind them. The company prides itself on excellent
quality, on-time delivery and has produced a number of 28" and 16"
cellular primary blanks within the past 10 weeks alone.

About Dream Cellular,
LLC
Dream Cellular, LLC. was formed in 2008 in order to provide its
sister company, Dream
Telescopes & Accessories Inc., with a more reliable source for cellular mirror
blanks. Designed, engineered, and produced in-house, Dream's
cellular blanks incorporate design features not found in any
other cellular product. Dream Cellular uses extensive engineering
in both design, casting and annealing to produce highly efficient
cellular optics that are stiffer, lighter, and have a much faster
Thermal Time
Constant (TTC)
than monolithic optics. Extensive structural engineering and
FEA analysis has been used to reduce polishing and gravity displacement
of each blank. The extensive engineering related to polishing
displacements makes Dream's blanks uniquely workable by opticians.
Dream Cellular has worked with major glass manufacturers to create
the first FEA-based annealing schedules of any commercial company
offering cellular optics. Due to their much thinner rib structures
and 3-4x greater surface area, these optics equalize (TTC) far
faster than standard monolithic optics and their light weight
design also makes them easier to support in a rigid fashion.
Design features such as insert points for traditional flotation
cells, insert points with recessed protrusions for rod flexures,
flat profile details in key areas for bipod flexure attachment
and a host of other features can all be designed into blanks
themselves per customer specification. These features allow for
easier mounting of the optics and can help the optic maintain
a higher level of figure quality. Because the entire process
is done in-house, Dream Cellular can also very accurately control
the as-designed vs. as-cast differences and produce optics that
can be delivered both on time and within spec. Our extensive
engineering and unique designs, coupled with our casting tolerances,
means our engineered cellular blanks are the highest quality
products. Dream knows firsthand how detrimental unreliable deliveries
can be and it prides itself in rapid delivery schedules. Contact
Dream Cellular, LLC. to discuss your latest OEM or individual
project. You can also visit our website to learn more about the
benefits of Dream Cellular's superior technology and expertise.